Comments Policy

The Hoydens’ primary rules:

* Be at least one of: feminist, friendly, amusing, or perspicacious. Two is even better!
* Our blog, our discretion. Your right to free speech is protected by your freedom to set up your own blog, just like us.
* Playful shenanigans are encouraged, but obnoxious or vexatious shenanigans will be squelched.

Specifics:

Repeat for emphasis: we decline to publish unacceptable content.

Please note that in order to vet potentially unacceptable content, all submissions from first-time commentors (as bot-determined by our database records of username, email address and IP number combinations) are held in the moderation queue.

Taboo words do not define unacceptable content. Meaning defines unacceptable content. Bigotry does. (Unacceptable content may include sexist, racist, classist, ableist, ageist, homophobic, and transphobic speech as well as a variety of other -isms and -phobias.)

Trolling and concern trolling are unacceptable. Concern trolls come across as insincere, manipulative, and condescending.

We strongly prefer that you use a valid email address. Pseudonymous hotmail/gmail/yahoo etc addresses are fine, but if it is not valid then we cannot contact you about a comment if necessary. If we cannot contact you to clarify any concerns about the content, your comment may well be summarily deleted. You will certainly be placed into automod as a precaution.

Take specific-case moderation discussions to email. General comments-moderation principles may be discussed in a comments-policy thread, if there is one currently open (comments close by default after 60 days).

Violations of these acceptable content policies may be disemvowelled, mocked, edited, or summarily deleted.

* While amusement value may atone for a multitude of minor sins, we expect those who transgress too far to have the grace to apologise.

If your answers are “no” and “yes” (be honest with yourself here), you might want to pull your head in and go back to Feminism 101.

Remember, just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there.

If after all that, you’re still sure you have a point to make, a criticism to raise? By all means come along and do it. We’re not perfect; we do make mistakes; we’re prepared to engage. On these terms.? back to index